A quarter century of system justification theory: Questions, answers, criticisms, and societal applications

JT Jost - British Journal of Social Psychology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A theory of system justification was proposed 25 years ago by Jost and Banaji (1994, Br. J.
Soc. Psychol., 33, 1) in the British Journal of Social Psychology to explain 'the participation …

Realising poverty in all its dimensions: A six-country participatory study

R Bray, M de Laat, X Godinot, A Ugarte, R Walker - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals require countries to halve poverty in all its
dimensions by 2020 but the dimensions are nowhere specified. Reflecting the United …

Perceptions of sexual assault perpetrators, victims, and event depend on system justification beliefs and perpetrator atonement

BC Delker, KK Means, A Schwam, AL Patterson… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
When accused of wrongdoing, a sexual assault perpetrator may express atonement, ie, he
may acknowledge harm done, take responsibility, and make amends. Anecdotal …

Poor and lazy: understanding middle-class perceptions of poverty in China

M Xu, R Walker, L Yang - Journal of Contemporary China, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Now addressing relative not absolute poverty, China must redistribute income from the
middle class to persons experiencing poverty. However, policy rhetoric has recently …

Defining, unpacking, and contextualizing class privilege to extend the intersectional scope of privilege studies

M Bratton - Understanding and dismantling privilege, 2021 - wpcjournal.com
This paper seeks to add to the repository of knowledge about unearned advantage by
defining, delineating, and contextualizing class privilege. After reviewing McIntosh's (1988) …

[PDF][PDF] Political instrumentalization of ethnicity and maintenance of social status quo in multi-ethnic contexts

GA Messanga, HK Ekango Nzekaih - International Journal of …, 2021 - researchgate.net
This research examines the effect of political instrumentalization of ethnicity on maintenance
of social status quo in societies characterized by the ethnic heterogeneity of their …

Poverty and Student Achievement in Education: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study

DL Cotton - 2023 - search.proquest.com
High poverty and low student performance have been connected for many years, and it has
been established that poor children are more likely to have ineffective classroom teachers …

[PDF][PDF] The American Dream: Using Robert Merton's Strain Theory to Understand the Beliefs and Coping Responses of Homeless Individuals.

S Southworth, S Brallier - Sociological Imagination, 2020 - coastal.edu
This study explores the extent to which individuals experiencing homelessness in Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina, believe in the American Dream. Robert Merton's strain theory is …

The 'Forever Migrant:'An Intersectional Analysis of L/A Workplace Discrimination on the Basis of Race, African Accent, and English Language Proficiency

RR Goulden - 2022 - scarab.bates.edu
Sociological literature has well documented patterns of workplace discrimination against
racialized identities. This thesis analyzes a specific pattern of perceived workplace …